The governing People Power Party (PPP) is in a pinch after its marked defeat in a critical race in Seoul's Gangseo District Office, scrambling to develop a new game plan just six months ahead of next April's general elections.
The candidate for the liberal Democratic Party (DP) won a key by-election to head Seoul's Gangseo District Office held Wednesday, a race closely monitored as a gauge of voter sentiment ahead of next year's general elections.
The by-election for the head of Seoul's Gangseo District Office unfolded Wednesday, as rival parties vied for a hotly contested spot seen as a means to gauge voter sentiment in the metropolitan area with just six months to ㅅ general elections.
The by-election for the head of western Seoul's Gangseo District Office set for Wednesday is being closely monitored by political observers as a test bed to gauge voter sentiment in the metropolitan area ahead of the general elections next year.
Family members of the victims who died in last year's deadly Itaewon crowd crush gathered at Yongsan District Office on Thursday morning to protest the district office chief’s first day back to work.
A court on Wednesday granted bail for Park Hee-young, the chief of the Yongsan District Office, five months after she was indicted and detained on charges of professional negligence resulting in last year's Itaewon crowd crush.
Kim Min-seok had been working as a parking attendant during the day as a social service agent as an alternative to the mandatory military service and working as a councilman after work.
Police recommended the chief of the Yongsan District Office be prosecuted for professional negligence resulting in the Itaewon crowd crush.
The head of the Yongsan District Office Park Hee-young was arrested Monday on charges of not responding appropriately to the Itaewon crowd crush that took the lives of 158 people on Oct. 29.
Park Hee-young, head of the Yongsan District Office, is questioned by reporters at the Seoul Western District Court on Monday where a hearing on her arrest warrant was held. Park is accused of being absent on the day that the Itaewon crush.
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